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NICKS v. U.S.

No. 230, Docket 91-6066.

955 F.2d 161 (1992)

Harry NICKS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otto G. Obermaier, U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City (Richard E. Signorelli, David W. Denton, Asst. U.S. Attys., of counsel), for respondent-appellant.

William L. Patton, Boston, Mass. (Laurie R. Wallach, Akiyo Fujii, Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., Laurence T. Sorkin, Benjamin B. Wagner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner-appellee.

Before CARDAMONE, WALKER and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals from a judgment and order entered March 12, 1991 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Knapp, J.) granting the petition for a writ of error coram nobis of Harry Nicks and vacating his 1974 conviction for armed bank robbery. The present litigation arises from petitioner's conviction for a brutal murder he committed in the State of Alabama. Petitioner was sentenced to death...

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